Enterprise Systems Engineer - Independent Verification and Validation; IV&V Bethesda, MD

Enterprise Systems Engineer – Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V)

Location:

Bethesda, MD.

Experienced Enterprise Systems Engineer sought to independently assess large-scale systems, ensuring they meet technical, functional, and business requirements across the enterprise. The role leads or partners in planning and executing IV&V activities to provide objective evaluations of system performance, compliance, and readiness, delivering risk‑informed insights that enhance system quality and interoperability.

• Establish integration testing process and methodology.
• Support and provide recommendations for requirements management processes.
• Provide assessments of policies, plans, and requirements, recommending appropriate responses to address any issues and ensure comprehensive planning.
• Assist government clients with developing programmatic goals and objectives, schedules, and reports to high‑level government managers.
• Review and assess implementation plans to identify issues early.
• Develop and review presentation materials to communicate enterprise objectives and goals.
• Maintain schedules with significant milestones to enable accurate tracking along critical paths.
• Facilitate and resolve problems within working groups to ensure completion of goals and objectives and communicate progress to executive management.
• Develop and/or maintain guiding documents such as mission service transition plans and CONOPs.
• Identify integration risks and perform IV & V testing.

• U.S. citizen with an active Top Secret Clearance with SCI and CI Polygraph.
• BS degree with 8+ years of relevant experience, or Master’s degree with 6+ years of relevant experience.
• Experience performing detailed risk assessments and traceability analyses to verify system integrity, functionality, interoperability, and security across multiple systems and platforms.
• Experience developing IV&V plans, test strategies, and evaluation criteria aligned with enterprise architecture and stakeholder expectations.
• Experience performing IV & V testing, including evaluating and reporting on system readiness, deficiencies, and non‑conformances to leadership, program managers, and technical stakeholders.
• Experience assessing and validating technical requirements and providing enterprise‑level insights and recommendations to improve system quality, reliability, and performance throughout the system lifecycle.
• Experience collaborating with enterprise architects, program managers, developers, and QA/test teams to ensure validated systems support long‑term business and technical objectives.
• Experience maintaining documentation and audit trails in compliance with enterprise standards, industry regulations, and contract requirements.

• Understanding of systems engineering processes, including requirements analysis, system architecture, integration, testing, and lifecycle support.
• Knowledge of IV&V standards, frameworks, and methodologies (e.g., IEEE 1012, CMMI, ISO/IEC 12207).
• Knowledge of enterprise architectures (e.g., TOGAF, DoDAF) and system interoperability principles.
• Knowledge of Model‑Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) tools and techniques (e.g., SysML, Cameo, Magic Draw).
• Familiarity with automated testing tools, configuration management, and CI/CD pipelines in enterprise environments.
• Certifications such as INCOSE CSEP, PMI PMP, ITIL, or TOGAF.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, sex, age, national origin, religion, physical or mental disability, pregnancy/childbirth and related medical conditions, veteran or military status, or any other characteristics protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

Posted Salary Range: USD $ – USD $ per year.